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Army should play greater role in space, says paper
Accordingly, the Army should take on a more active and influential role within the space community to ensure that future space capabilities provide tactically-needed capabilities, it adds.
Operationally responsive space satellite burns in atmosphere
The satellite, TacSat-3, was a part of an effort by the Air Force to create an "operationally responsive space" program, under which short-lived satellites are relatively quickly launched into space to meet an near-term need.
Shelton: DoD space program cuts mostly 'programmatic'
The Defense Department's stated priorities in space and cyberspace--as defined in a January 2012 Strategic Guidance document (.pdf)--aren't supported by the president's fiscal 2013...
NASA looks for small satellite swarming technology
As small satellites that weigh less than 400 pounds proliferate, NASA says it sees potential and challenges in operating them together as a coordinated constellation. To that end, NASA says it's
Air Force plans launch of WGS-4
The Air Force plans to launch the fourth of 10 planned Wideband Global Satcom satellites on Jan. 19 from Cape Canaveral during a 93-minute launch window opening at 7:39 p.m., eastern time. The number
DARPA plans to make space trash into treasure
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency hopes to reduce the cost and shorten the deployment-time of defense communication systems with a new plan to repurpose the valuable components in
Audio: David Madden on AEHF on-orbit testing
David Madden, director of the Milsatcom Systems Directorate at the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center in Los Angeles, spoke with reporters Dec. 15 to give an update on the status of the
Madden: AEHF-1 lifespan is still 14 years
The Defense Department's Advanced Extremely High Frequency-1 satellite--which came in danger of failing to achieve geosynchronous orbit after an on-board thruster shut down prematurely following its
NOAA looks internationally in preparation for weather satellite gaps
Fearing that budget cuts could compound weather satellite program woes, officials stressed the importance of continuous weather data during a Nov. 16 Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation
Report: Learning from the Wideband Global Satellite program's major cost overruns
Unfounded technical expectations and component quantity or cost changes are consistently-cited causes of Defense Department programs' cost overruns, finds a new report from Rand Corp. The report
